Ball Joint ?
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If you lived closer be glad to help out... but your a ways away.... maybe someone in your area can help out...... If you want the after market ones have her or you can call Dave at northridge4x4 or Dave at Alpha Ex. Then she just needs someone to help with the install or pay a shop for the install. But again the after market heavy duty are the way to go.
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Well, I've recently been told that I need to replace my ball joints. I have been running on the stock OEMs for the last 100,000 miles. I have 35s, 5.13 gears, wheel my jeep and they finally went out. Since mine did last so long, and $600 is kind of out of the question right now for the Dynatracs, I am going to be putting the OEMs back in. Besides, we plan on upgrading our front axle to a 44 at some point. So, I guess it just depends on alot of factors on which ones to get.
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Not to hijack this thread or anything but, since we are on the topic of ball joints.....if you are getting a kind of wrrrr...wrrr....wrrr sound from what sounds like the front passenger side, could that be a ball joint? First Jeep I have ever owned so just curious on all the little creeks and sounds it makes.
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Not to hijack this thread or anything but, since we are on the topic of ball joints.....if you are getting a kind of wrrrr...wrrr....wrrr sound from what sounds like the front passenger side, could that be a ball joint? First Jeep I have ever owned so just curious on all the little creeks and sounds it makes.
Jack it up and see if there is play in the hub. You can check the ball joints at the same time.
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Ok so I am curious, my wife takes the jeep to a shop and they tell her the ball joints are bad. So then they check the alignment specs and they are all right it should be, so how could the ball joints be bad and the alignment still good. I would think if the balls joints were bad then so would the alignment. So the wife takes the jeep to another Shop for a second opinion and they say the ball joints were good
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Ok so I am curious, my wife takes the jeep to a shop and they tell her the ball joints are bad. So then they check the alignment specs and they are all right it should be, so how could the ball joints be bad and the alignment still good. I would think if the balls joints were bad then so would the alignment. So the wife takes the jeep to another Shop for a second opinion and they say the ball joints were good